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These 80 species fall into two groups: baleen and toothed. A type of baleen whale, humpback whales reach up to 50 feet long. Talia Romito and Sophie Webb/Courtesy of NOAA. Called mysticetesâa word derived from the Greek for âmustacheâ and âwhalesââbaleen whales are toothless.
Whale Uses Baleen Fashion Utilitarian. Baleen. Until the end of the 19th century it was baleen, rather than oil, that was the primary product sought by the Greenland whalers. Confusingly, baleen was always known as whale-bone by the whalers and by those who used it in manufacture. It is not bone, but a derivative of skin! Baleen whales eat small, planktonic crustaceans such as copepods and krill, or small shoaling fish including herring and sardines. These whales have no teeth, instead, they feed by straining their food from the sea using a series of baleen plates that are made of keratin, the same material that forms your hair and nails and the hooves and horns of cows.